metathesis. The English words wasp, bird and horse were, in their original Old English forms,wæps,brydandhros, and it’s through a simple occurrence of metathesis (and this switching of the sounds catching on, and propagating through the country) that we have the words as they are ...
But, as the Americans often say, here’s the thing: Despite my fairly wide exploration I’ve realised, with amazement and even shock, that what reallymatters, what reallypullsit all together has been virtually forgotten. There is certainly mention of it, but not much more. Now, whenever I...
In one sense obviously not, in another maybe, but the sensations associated with the heart seem often to happen somewhere around the stomach; or is that just me? More to the point, “here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft“, etc. All of which is beautiful; but ...
Likewise I have never deliberately listened to “A Horse With No Name” by America, “One Night in Bangkok” by Murray Head or “Would I Lie to You” by Charles & Eddie; and yet, there they are, readily accessible should I wish (I shouldn’t) to hum, whistle or sing them, or jus...
I may be known for baking some of the best made from scratch pies in the state of Texas, but did you know I've been a professional photographer for about 40 years now? Yikes!! That's a long time!! This blog is about combining my love of food, photos and
sat down beside her And threw her out the window, the window The second story window With a heave and a ho And a mighty throw He threw her out the window This song can be a competiton where goups must come up with a new verse stemming from a nursery rhyme w...
Europe’s roots are mixed and mostly mysterious. The original horse-riding Indo-European nomads overran farmers whose nature has to be guessed at from archaeological remains. We are fairly confident that their ancestors had arrived in waves from the middle east and merged with some yet older inha...